Finally my car is pretty much track ready!

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Stevoh

Discussion Starter · Oct 15, 2008 (Edited)

Alright, so having been in the garage for the past 1.5 years(school and no monies will do that to you) the car is finally track ready. So glad it is done for now(always more to do and add, damn). Here is a list of what the car has on it now and some of what is done to it:

KSport coilovers
PT.com sway bar
OSH made adjustable endlinks for the rear
AWR trailing arms
Rear PMO strut brace
PMO traction bars
Front RRE strut brace
Autopower Race roll bar
Reidspeed front big brake kit
Mbolin5 rear big brake kit
Porterfield R4 Race pads all around
Goodridge SS lines all around
battery relocation
AEM dryflow filter matted to a shit custom intake
Pacesetter long tube style shit ebay headers(bought them used)
2.5 inch exhaust with straight through fart can(car sounds like shit now:sadpanda: )
Fidanza flywheel
Clutchmasters IIR clutch
RR-Racing motor mount inserts
Shitty used Corbeau Forza seat
16x7.5 inch Kosei K1
215/45/16 Azenis RT-615
T1R light weight purple lug nuts
Old CF hood propped up at edges to vent
Lots of weight reduction

Just need to bleed the lines with ATE Super BLue and install King6's subframe connectors and passenger side polyurethane motor mount when they come in. I was planning on going to a track event on the 31st but I can't make it now. In November for sure. I will post some more pics when that happens. Hopefully they have a track photographer like they did when I went to Laguna Seca.

Also, I just took a lot more weight from the front: Gutted headlights(just the covers now), and everything under the dash besides the bar and the rest of the interior. Added the roll bar as well. So the car used to be a little more level, but now the front end is a little higher now. I think I will keep it like that. It should aid in a better weight distrubution and maintain a better roll center now for the front.

Still have the sound deadening, moon roof, and headliner to remove for more weight. For now the car should be good. Hopefully soon enough I will get started on the front lip with a front air splitter and then make a rear air diffuser(love these).

See weaksauce, your car and my car are hella similar haha.

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alwaysbannedMX6

· #2 · Oct 15, 2008

im not so sure about the "proped hood", but other than that, great lookingmachine there.

DOM(cscs.ca)

· #3 · Oct 15, 2008

woww looks nice man..post some vids when you get some track time

Nealio

· #4 · Oct 15, 2008

That's awesome. I'm hoping to see more of this car on the track.

1stGenTurbizzle

· #5 · Oct 15, 2008

Looks great, im sure it sticks very well. Good luck on the track :tup:

calloway03

· #6 · Oct 15, 2008

Nice. I love a purpose built car.

cf_z

· #7 · Oct 15, 2008

not a fan of the hood lineup

but its sweet other than that

dmaz626man

· #8 · Oct 15, 2008

That is a really nice car. Where'd you get the front strut brace? What car did it come from?

Stevoh

Discussion Starter · #9 · Oct 16, 2008

alwaysbrokenMX6 said:
im not so sure about the "proped hood", but other than that, great lookingmachine there.

Thank you, I just propped it up today. Not sure if I am going to keep it like that.

DOM(cscs.ca) said:
woww looks nice man..post some vids when you get some track time

I will try. Though I will say that I am a noob, so my videos won't be as awe inspiring as that maroon road racer MX6.

Nealio said:
That's awesome. I'm hoping to see more of this car on the track.

Thanks, I hope soon, like in a month or so it will happen.

1stGenTurbizzle said:
Looks great, im sure it sticks very well. Good luck on the track :tup:

Yep, it better stick lol. My alignments are all out of whack, but they were like that before and I still had fun. So with a proper track alignment the car should stick even better.

calloway03 said:
Nice. I love a purpose built car.

Me too, one reason I got a 1g daily driver. The 2g serves one purpose now. 2 if you count its other purpose as taking up space in the garage lol.

cf_z said:
not a fan of the hood lineup

but its sweet other than that

Yea the car definitiley looks better without the proppage haha.

dmaz626man said:
That is a really nice car. Where'd you get the front strut brace? What car did it come from?

The front brace is an old RRE bar. It is designed for our GD chassis. ZE Power Mx6 is trying to get a bulk buy going on these bars. You should check out his thread in the 2g section.

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jewels318

· #10 · Oct 16, 2008

that's a skinny beeech!!
lol.

nice job.. hope to see some action photos and vids soon.

ademan

· #11 · Oct 16, 2008

looks good

weaksauce

· #12 · Oct 16, 2008

:tup:.....Looks hella good. Brakes, tires and wheels look hella good. Im also liking the RRE brace and the rear strut brace with the 2 pillowball mount rods. Have you driven it yet since you got the autopower in? That thing is gonna do damage.

ragincanadian4

· #13 · Oct 16, 2008

I've never seen that rear brace before, that thing is bad ass looking. Overall the car gets an A+.

compnut21

· #14 · Oct 16, 2008

i still some weight that can be lost :muhaha:

Trent

· #15 · Oct 16, 2008

SERIOUS BUSINESS.

nice purpose built vehicle. nothing wrong with that.

thingsthatfly2

· #16 · Oct 16, 2008

nice!! 87654321

Stevoh

Discussion Starter · #17 · Oct 16, 2008

weaksauce said:
:tup:.....Looks hella good. Brakes, tires and wheels look hella good. Im also liking the RRE brace and the rear strut brace with the 2 pillowball mount rods. Have you driven it yet since you got the autopower in? That thing is gonna do damage.

I have just pulled it in and out of the garage so I haven't been able to really drive it. It can only be driven on the track as it has a non-op registration. The tags are from 2006 I think haha. I hope the difference is noticeable once I am on the track. The main hoop mounts bolt so close to the trailing arm holder rail which also doubles up as some of the car's rear frame that I hope the difference is atleast decent.

ragincanadian4 said:
I've never seen that rear brace before, that thing is bad ass looking. Overall the car gets an A+.

I got it like 3 years ago off of probetalk from a member. It is a PMO unit. Don't think they made too many. Haven't seen a PMO RSTB forsale ever since the one I bought. It's pretty beefy. I wish it were a solid unit though, no heim joints ya know?

compnut21 said:
i still some weight that can be lost :muhaha:

Ha, what else do you see? I seriously am curious if there is anything I have overlooked. I would love to shed some more weight. I want to also get rid of the heavy stock fans for some light slim ones.

I know I need to remove the sound deadening, the moon roof, and headliner. I would like to keep the A-pillar pieces and visors though. The arm rest is gonna stay too. I love that thing so much I couldn't get rid of it even though it will never be used again to hold anything. 3 cup cup-holder in a track car, how many track cars can say that hahaha.

Thanks for the props guys. I know these kinds of cars aren't everyone's cup of tea.

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Nealio

· #18 · Oct 16, 2008

Have you ditched the bumper supports?

Stevoh

Discussion Starter · #19 · Oct 16, 2008

Nealio said:
Have you ditched the bumper supports?

Yea just the front one though(was like 25-30lbs if I remember!). I hear the rear is a lot lighter than the front so I decided to keep it in. A little extra protection in the rear and a little more weight to stay there to aid in weight distrubution to an extent.

Kansas

· #20 · Oct 16, 2008

one problem...it's still purple

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